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1 EX ALDERMAN NEWSLETTER 359 AND CHESTERFIELD UNAPPROVED 304 December 9, 2018 TOWN AND COUNTRY LEGAL BILLS FOR OCTOBER: The monthly bill to the city from the city s law firm Curtis, Heinz, Garrett and O Keefe routinely has Hourly Legal Services. Last month it was for $4,746. I have started asking for a breakdown of this hourly billed work. This month (as with last month s bill) There is a Misc. category that is not broken down. The last bill, the Misc represented 25% of the total Hourly Services and it was not broken down. This stinks. Here is a breakdown of the Legal Service Hourly billing. Town Square 56 Sunshine Law Research and Responses 798 Beautification Grants 70 Clayton/Ballas Road 620 Preservation Park 560 Suntrup 112 1

2 Body Cameras 140 Review of Contracts 550 Marriott Liquor License Transfer 686 Misc 1154 Total 4746 From: John Hoffmann Sent: Thursday, November 29, :41 PM To: 'McNamara, Ashley' Cc: Subject: RE: Missouri Sunshine request 11/29/18 TO: RE: Ashley McNamara, City Clerk Town and Country Sunshine open records request This is a request under the Missouri Sunshine Law for the breakdown of Misc. legal billing by the Curtis, Heinze, Garrett and O Keefe law firm s monthly bill dated 11/01/18 for $1,154. John Hoffmann We got the response quickly as we usually do when making information requests at the Town and Country City Hall. This is what the $1154 was for: Meetings with elected officials and or staff 410 Research new sign code 140 Right of Way research 120 2

3 Stokes Storm water issue research 100 Appraisal Research Clayton /Ballas 110 Research Business License issue 64 Research Liquor license issue 100 Research and opine on Charitable solicitation ordinance 110 Why these bills by the city s law firm are not broken down monthly is beyond me. Also the fact the alderpersons and staff are not insisting the bills be itemized so they know what they are paying for is also amazing. It is as if The City has given Curtis, Heinz, Garrett and O Keefe an avenue to overcharge. SOMEONE SUGGESTED WE COMPARED CURTIS, HEINZ, GARRETT & O KEEFE BILLS TO THAT OF CHRIS GRAVILLE CITY ATTORNEY AT CHESTERFIELD: So we did. We immediately noticed two things. First Graville itemizes the bill and secondly is that he gets paid a lot of money: Here is the July billing: 3

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(another series of two months worth of legal bills were more than $50,000) Hiring a fulltime City Attorney for $180,000 and give them an office at City Hall would be much cheaper and more productive

7 Here is what is very clear. These bills are itemized so the reader can clearly see what they are getting billed for. The second thing is that at the end of the year the city will be billed somewhere between $180,000 and $200,000. (another series of two months worth of legal bills were more than $50,000) Hiring a fulltime City Attorney for $180,000 and give them an office at City Hall would be much cheaper and more productive than hourly billing by a contract lawyer. FBI NATIONAL ACADEMY WILL HAVE A FULL HOUSE FOR TOWN AND COUNTRY LT. DEFOE S CLASS. Last week the Town and Country Board of Aldermen voted to pay $3,500 in travel expenses for Lt. Michael Defoe to attend the FBI National Academy in Quantico, VA on the U.S, Marine base. The history of this academy which now has 10 week long classes four times a year, was that FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover had almost no cooperation from local police departments. Dealing with the FBI was considered a one-way street with information flowing out to the FBI and nothing coming back to the local police. In 1935 Hoover started the National Academy as a method to hand out diplomas to local police command staff members making them think they were part of the FBI in attempt to get better cooperation. In 1974, two years after Hoover s death, when I was in the St. Louis Police Academy instructors used to have off-the-record lectures before class would start. One of the topics was The FBI is Not Your Friend. 7

44 years later the FBI National Academy does offer some insight full and

police department they normally would not have.

officers would be attending the class with Lt.

officers could instruct officers how to kill journalists writing

the body. I inquired and learned that Lt.

8 44 years later the FBI National Academy does offer some insight full and useful classes but it is still a way to have contacts within local police department they normally would not have. Beside officers from local departments there is always a group from foreign countries attending classes. Being a smart ass I thought it would be interesting to see if any officers would be attending the class with Lt. Defoe from Saudi Arabia, under the premise that perhaps the Saudi officers could instruct officers how to kill journalists writing unpleasant things about their political leaders and how to dispose of the body. I inquired and learned that Lt. Defoe class beginning in January would have 254 students including 27 from the following countries: Michael Defoe Here are the foreign countries sending an officer to January FBI Academy Class to be attended by Lt. Defoe: 8

LAWYER FOUND GUILTY OF DRAG RACING AND KILLING 73-YEAR-OLD GRANDMOTHER ON LINDBERGH BLVD HAS 4-YEAR SENTNECE

Involuntary Manslaughter on September 30, 2018.

convertible down Lindberg Blvd in Frontenac when Sooter hit the car being driven by 73-year-old Kay Koutroubis,

Bailey had been drinking before the crash and refused to take a breath test.

9 LAWYER FOUND GUILTY OF DRAG RACING AND KILLING 73-YEAR-OLD GRANDMOTHER ON LINDBERGH BLVD HAS 4-YEAR SENTNECE REDUCED TO 60 DAYS ON WEEKENDS: After a weeklong jury trial, lawyer Scott Bailey was convicted of Felony Involuntary Manslaughter on September 30, Bailey who was driving his Ford Mustang at 121 MPH was drag racing Haven Sooter, who was driving a BMW convertible down Lindberg Blvd in Frontenac when Sooter hit the car being driven by 73-year-old Kay Koutroubis, who later died of her injuries at a hospital. Bailey had been drinking before the crash and refused to take a breath test. Bailey Sooter Koutroubis Judge Kristine Kerr On November 30, Judge Kristine Kerr sentenced Bailey to 4-years, placed him on probation for the 4-years, but required him to serve 60 days in jail over 30 weekends. Of course this means that Bailey can watch CBS Thursday comedy shows and go to 9

10 Cardinal baseball games 5-nights a week, which Koutrobis can no longer do, because a 41-year-old lawyer after drinking at a sports bar thought drag racing on a busy street was a good idea.. Kerr has a long record of reducing serious felonies to misdemeanors and issuing probation terms, often with erasures of the record. She was last confirmed in November of She will be up for retention in If I m still around, I ll be voting NO if nothing else for the memory of Kay Koutrobis. After this sentence by Kerr, County Prosecutor Bob McCullough in his last four weeks before leaving office, ordered that assistant prosecutors make requests to move all criminal cases out of Kerr s courtroom. Here are some of the 16 reader comments that followed the story in the Post-Dispatch: Ray Kyle Anyone who doesn't think there's a double standard in the justice system should review this case. The prosecutor's office "drops" the more serious charges, and the judge refuses to impose an apropriate sentence because it's a lawyer who killed an innocent woman through his own reckless behavior. Sure looks like the fix was in. Whatever happened to all that pious talk about blind justice and officers of the court being held to a high standard Apparently, they're just hollow words. It's time to start impeaching judges who engage in this type of favoritism that results in obstruction of justice. erri Dennis This is truly a total injustice. Scott Bailey should have been sentenced to the maximum of four years and made to serve every day of it. Whether he was drinking or not makes no difference -- the fact that he was driving at a speed of 100-plus mph on Lindbergh and killed someone warranted that maximum sentence. I certainly will remember Judge Kristine Kerr when she comes up for re-election and vote her out. St. Louis County residents don't need judges like this on the bench any more than we need people like Scott Bailey driving on our streets. And then, he/his lawyer have the audacity to appeal this case... Karen Mackenzie The family needs to sue the pants off both of them and take everything they own. He looks like a condescending jerk. Like Reply 13 1d 10

Deanna Martin Kelley He made sure he retitled his home back in July as a LLC so it couldn't be touched when those civil suits hit. He knew it was all coming. Dirtbag.

11 Deanna Martin Kelley He made sure he retitled his home back in July as a LLC so it couldn't be touched when those civil suits hit. He knew it was all coming. Dirtbag. Richard James So he gets 60 days and she stays dead, yet she did nothing wrong. Pretty impressive 97 MPH RESULTS IN NO POINTS AND NO FINE FOR ST. ANN WOMAN: Just before last Christmas on December 20, 2017 at 12:26 AM Corie Walburn, 22, was pushing her new Toyota Corolla to the limits. She was doing around 100 MPH on NB I- 270 at Clayton Road. Town and Country Cpl. Yaakub clocked her at 97 MPH, stopped her and wrote her a citation in Municipal Court. Walburn hired lawyer, Michael Carter of St. Charles to represent her. Carter made a jury demand and moved the case to the Associate Circuit Court in Clayton. There Town and Country Prosecutor Ed Sluys did not put on a trial but instead he was okay with her pleading guilty before Judge John Newsham and receiving a Suspended Imposition of sentence (SIS) on 10/18/18 for one year. This means she was not fined or received any points for going 37 MPH over the limit. She did have nine months to attend a Defensive Driving School (DDS). Perhaps they will instruct her how to avoid dangerous actions from other drivers when she is driving 97 MPH. Walburn Judge Newham 11

resignation in lieu of an indictment and impeachment over blackmailing a woman who he was having an affair with.

12 Newham was appointed to the St. Louis County Associate Circuit Court in March by then Missouri Governor Eric Greitens, just before Greitens forced resignation in lieu of an indictment and impeachment over blackmailing a woman who he was having an affair with. However Newham somewhat redeemed himself in the next case we have on page 13. On 08/05/16 Walburn had a moving violation in St. Ann amended to Illegal Parking so she is used to never receiving points. UNAPPROVED CHESTERFIELD NEWSLETTER

HERE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU ALMOST NEVER SEE: On June 29, 2018 at 8:54PM or dusk, 19-year-old Caden Duggan of 14215 Reelfoot Drive in Chesterfield was driving his 2007 VW Jetta at a mere 102 MPH on EB

13 HERE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU ALMOST NEVER SEE: On June 29, 2018 at 8:54PM or dusk, 19-year-old Caden Duggan of Reelfoot Drive in Chesterfield was driving his 2007 VW Jetta at a mere 102 MPH on EB I-64 at Long Road. Chesterfield Officer Schumacher happened to be in the area with a moving radar unit that can clock oncoming vehicles to the front of the car and cars approaching the rear of the car. Duggan, a highly recruited Lacrosse player at Lafayette High School and a under-18 league hockey standout hired a St. Louis lawyer. Rather than keep the case in front of the easiest prosecutor and judge around, the lawyer, Jermaine Wooten moved the case to the Associate Circuit Court in Clayton. The case landed before brand new judge John Newham who had nothing to do with deals on 102 MPH speeding cases. On 09/12/18 Duggan pled guilty to the 102 MPH speeding charge. He was sentenced on 10/18/18 and fined $350. There was no amended charge of No-Fine No-Points Probation. He was fined and should be getting the points. Two months earlier Duggan had a moving violation reduced to Illegal Parking in University City resulting in a $150 fine. Wooten was his lawyer on that case also. 13

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16 MORE TROUBLE AT HARPO S: The City refuses to ever suspend the liqour license at Harpo s Bar or increase police foot patrol through the bars, while drunk patroms assaulting each other and employees continues. It is like the City has a blind eye. The most recent incident was on Saturday morning 12/01/18 with a customer being assaulted by another customer requiring a trip to the hospital. Here is the latest: ANOTHER OVERDOSE DEATH IN THE SUBURBS:This is from Saturday night 12/01/18: 16

A TROUBLED SOUL FROM JENNINGS TURNS ON NURSES AT ST.

Octovber 31, 2015 at 11 AM in the ER of St.

Much of the police report is redacted due to Hippa issues

On that night on her way out of the hospital she she was

She stopped and spat on a ER nurse working at a desk

17 A TROUBLED SOUL FROM JENNINGS TURNS ON NURSES AT ST. LUKES: Jameisha Marie Simmons (now 27-years old) has some serious problems. Some of those problems erupted on Halloween, Saturday Octovber 31, 2015 at 11 AM in the ER of St. Lukes Hospital. Much of the police report is redacted due to Hippa issues involving Simmons reason for being at the Hospital. On that night on her way out of the hospital she she was calling staff names and issuing threats. She stopped and spat on a ER nurse working at a desk after calling her a bitch and then said, Come outside and I ll kick your ass DWI-Drugged 2015 Assault St. Peters 2016 Stealing 2017 Peace Distrubance Chesterfield PD Assault Mug Shot 17

18 Chesterfield Police were called but Simmons had left prior to their arrival. Simmons was arrested a month later as a Fugitive From Chesterfield PD on assault charges. She was picked up at the St. Louis County Jail and transported to the Chesterfield Police station. She was interviewed at the police station reference the incident and told officers that she did not remember it. Looking at her eyes and face in her mug shot it appeared as it she may have been under the influence of something. She was released on a summons for Assault 3 rd Degree. (Spitting on someone and threatening them are both elements of common assault.) Simmons then failed to appear in court. On 07/27/17 she was arrested by County Police as a fugitive, picked up by Chesterfield and issued a new citation and released. Of course she did not show up again and another arrest warrant was issued. On March 10, 2018 she was arrested by the Hazelwood Police and Chesterfield was called. At the time Simmons claimed to have numerous health issues. If picked up she would have to be taken to St. Lukes Hospital to determine if she was fit to be held. That was counterproductive, so she was simply issued a new court date and released at Hazelwood. Background: Here are charges both pending and disposed of against Simmons: 02/16/12 Speeding/No Valid Drivers Lic/ pending Northwoods PD 05/24/12 No Insurance/Drive While Suspended/Unreg car/ Florissant PD Counterfeit Insurance card/ pending 06/10/12 Stealing pending Florissant PD 06/21/12 No Insurance/Drive While Suspended pending Florissant PD 07/06/12 Poss Stolen Property/Speeding/Fail to Yied to Police Creve Coeur PD No Insurnace, Drive While Lic Suspended pending 04/02/13 Drive with Susp. Lic/ DWI-Drugs 30 days jail MO Hwy Patrol 04/05/13 Follow Too Close/Drive While Lic Revoked Florissant PD 05/14/13 Red Light Viol, No Insurance, Drive W/Revoked Lic pending St. Louis PD 05/15/13 Speeding/ No Insurance/ Drive W/ Rev pending Berkley PD 06/20/14 Stealing/Poss of Marijuana/Driving While Revoked Kirkwood PD 3/23/16 Pled Guilty 2 year SES probation 10/30/14 Possession of Theft Device pending Des Peres DPS 01/06/15 Rec Stolen Property (Stealing) Poss of Theft Device Des Peres DPS 10/31/15 Assault PG 2018 Chesterfield PD 12/30/15 Speeding/No Ins/Drive W/Revoked warrants Bellfontaine Neighbors 18

19 04/07/17 Red Light Vio, Drive While Lic Revoked warrants Bellfontaine Neighbors 08/08/17 Unlicense Veh, Drive While Lic Revoked pending Hazelwood PD 08/30/17 No Veh Ins, Drive While Lic Revoked Florissant PD 11/18/17 No Ins/Drive W/Revoked/Unlic Vehicle pending Normandy PD 03/09/18 Unlic Veh, Drive While Revoked Florissant PD 03/30/18 Stealing/ Poss of Stolen Property pending Des Peres DPS 04/03/18 Mills Property v Simmons $1,967 judgment back rent 10/11/18 Polaris v Simmons $1,287 judgment back rent OUTCOME: She finally made it to Chesterfield Court on July 24, 2018 and pled guilty. She was given a 2-year SES Probation term with no-fine and no jail. TOWN AND COUNTRY MONTHLY DEER REPORTS ARE NOT TO BE BELIEVED: I reported last week how I hit and killed a deer on Mason Road in Town and Country. The police were called and the responding officer refused to take a report or notify the command officer who tabulates deer-vehicle crashes. So I sent an with a photo of the dead deer with the information to the Command Officer and two alderpersons. I even wrote about it on this news website. On December 3, 2018 I checked the the November 2018 Deer-Vehicle incident report on the city s website. This crash was not listed. Here is the I sent to the Chief of Police, the assistant police chief, the city administrator and two alderwomen. From: John Hoffmann [mailto:johnhoffmann@charter.net] Sent: Monday, December 3, :40 PM 19

20 To: 'Hoelzer, Gary A.'; 'Lindsey Butler'; 'T F'; 'Shelton, Bob' Subject: Nov Deer Report 12/3/18 Here is the November 2018 list of deer instances on the city s website on December 2. Here is an with a photo of a dead deer I hit on Mason Road south of Park Place on 11/27 at 1708 hrs that I sent to Capt. Bob Arthur on November 27. From: John Hoffmann [mailto:johnhoffmann@charter.net] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, :25 PM To: 'Arthur, Capt. Robert F.' Subject: please count this one Tuesday night at 5:08 I was NB on Mason with three vehicles SB. Suddenly a deer came from Queeny missed being hit by the SB vehicles and was directly in front of me. I did not even have time to apply the brakes. I hit the deer and drove up to the Park Place wide shoulder and called for an officer. He arrived I told him I was not sure if the deer was dead or alive, but if it was alive he needed to shoot it. He found it about 150 feet south of Park Place dead. 20

I asked if he would send you a memo or email to you to be sure it got counted in the deer crash report. HE SAID HE WOULD NOT. He added that you would see off the dispatch records.

21 I asked if he would send you a memo or to you to be sure it got counted in the deer crash report. HE SAID HE WOULD NOT. He added that you would see off the dispatch records. With this such an issue I was amazed he would not and policy doesn t require officers to send you an about another incident. Also a list of crashes being involved with deer leaving or returning Queeny would be good information to have to document a problem to County Officials. I also called this in and had an officer respond. He refused to take a report and refused to Capt. Arthur. There is a dispatch record. I also ed the two alderwomen who represent Ward 2. There was $2,500 of damage to my car. SO WHY ISN T THIS LIST ON THE NOVEMBER 2018 DEER REPORT ON THE CITY S WEBSITE? How can you believe the numbers on past reports and future reports if: 1) The police are called and respond. 21

22 2) The command staff in charge of this report are notified by with photos. 3) The elected officials are notified. 4) Then the incident/event is not listed on the official city report. Exactly what does it take to have an incident listed on the report? (Also exactly where is I-65? I believe it runs from Lake Michigan, through Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee to Alabama, but the above report shows a deer hit at I-65 and I-270.) I m requesting that this report be corrected immediately. Please advise when it is corrected and why this was not listed on the report originally. John Hoffmann Manor Hill Rd Town and Country MO So now I know you cannot believe the Town and Country Deer Reports. Even after being notified in several different wasy, T&C is not logging in all Deer-Vehicle crashes. Here is the Town and Country Police report reference this event they choose to ignore which I ed them on 12/4/18. 22

23 Finally around 3pm on December 4, 2018 the incident was added to the November deer-vehicle reports. Here is an from the police chief: -----Original Message----- From: Hoelzer, Gary A. Sent: Tuesday, December 4, :43 PM To: John Hoffmann; Arthur, Capt. Robert F. Cc: Shelton, Bob; Lindsey Butler; T F Subject: RE: do you believe your own records? Thank you for pointing out the omission. It will be corrected. 23

Here are the corrected numbers: 2018 Town and Country Deer Vs Vehicle report January- November 2018 55 Ballas Road 4 Ward 1 I-64 at I-270 4 Ward 1 I-64 at or near Mason Road 5 Wards 2 or 3 I-64 at or

24 Here are the corrected numbers: 2018 Town and Country Deer Vs Vehicle report January- November Ballas Road 4 Ward 1 I-64 at I Ward 1 I-64 at or near Mason Road 5 Wards 2 or 3 I-64 at or near Hwy Ward 4 I Ward 1 Des Peres Road 1 Ward 1 Municipal Center Drive 1 Ward 1 Clayton Road (Mason to Bopp) 2 Wards 1 & 2 Clayton Road (Mason to Woods Mill Rd 2 Ward 3 Coppersmith 1 Ward 1 Westmoor Place 1 Ward 2 Mason Road south of Clayton Road 4 Ward 2 Mason Valley Subdivisions 1 Ward 2 Mason Road North of I-64 2 Ward 4 South Outer Forty 2 Wards 1, 2 & 4 North Outer Forty 2 Wards 1, 2 & 4 Hwy Wards 3 & 4 Ladue Road 1 Ward 4 Woods Mill Road 2 Wards 3 & 4 24

WARD 1 NOW THE LEADER IN DEER CRASHES! It used to be there were only a couple deer-vehicle events a year in Ward 1 normally between Topping Road and I-270 along Clayton Road.

25 WARD 1 NOW THE LEADER IN DEER CRASHES! It used to be there were only a couple deer-vehicle events a year in Ward 1 normally between Topping Road and I-270 along Clayton Road. The fence and the eights lanes of highway were a barrier that kept the deer on the west side of I-270. Those days are gone. At the end of November 51% of the 2018 Deer-vehicle crashes have been in Ward 1. The deer are a bigger problem than ever in Ladue that began a lethal deer management program in 2017, Frontenac, Kirkwood and Des Peres which is on the verge of shooting deer. LINGERING QUESTION: If the police are called, there is a dispatch report, the person involved sends an to the police command staff about a deer-crash and the event is not included in the month Deer-Crash report, how many more deer-crash events are the Town and Country Police missing or intentionally ignoring? CHESTERFIELD APPEARS TO HAVE THE INFORMATION, THEY JUST IGNORE THE FACTS: The Chesterfield Police log in deer bodies found on the side of the road, but don t count them as results of crashes with vehicle. Last month Chesterfield Police found 14 dead on the side of the road. HOWEVER they only count 2 others where the driver stood by as actual collisions. Chesterfield has had more than 109 dead deer. They just started counting dead deer on the side of the road on May 11,

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Schoettler 4 White Rd 1 Wildhorse Creek 14 Woodsmill Road 2 FROM MAYBE IT WON T REACH MY DETECTABLE TO $2,500: If you remember last week s news letter, in heavy traffic on S.

28 Schoettler 4 White Rd 1 Wildhorse Creek 14 Woodsmill Road 2 FROM MAYBE IT WON T REACH MY DETECTABLE TO $2,500: If you remember last week s news letter, in heavy traffic on S. Mason Road a deer jumped in front of my car in an act of suicide. At first I that it had just destroyed my grill and maybe I would not meet my $500 detectable. The damage was not appraised by someone at the auto body shop, but by an adjuster with the Insurance Company. He came up with $2, worth of damage. At least I was right about the plastic grill. That was just $75. The car taken in for five-days of work. But of course the Town and Country Police deny it was ever damaged. THIS WEEK S HIGHWAY PATROL DEER CRASH REPORT: These report only involves Highway Patrol Crashes that are deer related involving injury or death. They don t involve crashes handled by local or county police. 28

29 TWO TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AFTER DEER IN ROAD CAUSES CRASH: At 5:35pm on Thursday 11/28/18 a 61-year-old female driver was rear ended after she stopped on Old Route 66 due to a deer being in the road. The female and the 88-year-old male who was driving the striking vehicle were both transported to Missouri Baptist Hospital in Sullivan with injuries. 76-YEAR-OLD MAN TO HOSPITAL AFTER DEER RELEATED CRASH OUTSIDE OF SALEM, MO: At 11 AM on Wednesday December 5, a 76-year-old driver slowed as there was a deer in the road. An 18-year-old female driver from Salem rear ended the 29

30 man s Toyota pickup totaling her 11-year-old Ford Focus. Driver 2 RESTAURANT REVIEW Pat Connolly Tavern November The Pat Connolly Tavern building has been around since at least 1904 when it was first a neighborhood grocery. It has been a tavern since 1942, located at 6400 Oakland Avenue at the corner of Tamm Avenue, west of Hampton Avenue and across I-64 from the St. Louis Zoo. There is plenty of parking across the street. 30

On the Tamm Avenue side of the building they have a Griesedieck Brothers Beer sign, that is again brewed by contract after going out of business in 1957, being sold to Falstaff, which had their

31 On the Tamm Avenue side of the building they have a Griesedieck Brothers Beer sign, that is again brewed by contract after going out of business in 1957, being sold to Falstaff, which had their headquarters on Oakland Avenue. Connolly s has a reputation on being busy for lunch and on the weekends. In fact they have Brunch on Saturday and Sundays starting at 9 AM. We went on a Thursday night at about 7:30 and the place was maybe 30% full. Sometimes when a place is super busy with a waiting list you worry that the kitchen staff is overworked and the food won t be that good. The same is true if it is real slow, maybe the staff will be out of synch. That was not the case on this Thursday. If my cardiologists reads this and sees what I ordered, I ll be in real trouble. The place is well known for its fried chicken ($11.75), but I went with the chicken strips. They also had fresh cut French fries, who could not order those? My wife got a Rueben sandwich. A friend of ours recommended the Onion Rings and we were ready to prove him wrong. Turns out we couldn t. 31

32 A fried chicken plate My wife liked the Rueben $10 with $1 up charge for Onion Rings as a side, eating half and taking the other home from lunch. However, the Onion Rings vanished. The Onion rings are not frozen and are battered in the kitchen. My wife and I agreed to split the Onion Rings and French Fries. 32

The chicken strips are an appetizer for $8.50. They were a meal in themselves.

33 The chicken strips were also battered on premises. The thing that was unique about all the fried foods was there was no grease residue on your fingers while you ate it. The chicken strips are an appetizer for $8.50. They were a meal in themselves. The French fries come as a side with most entrees and sandwiches and as an appetizer they are $3.00. The night we were there they also had jazz, featuring Jim Manley on trumpet, Chris Swan on piano and Southern Illinois lawyer Jim Smith on vibes. Past Connolly s for gourmet or upper end dining NO. Pat Connolly s for bar food, YES. A VERY GOOD CHOICE! 33

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Incident Log. 01/14/13 06:57 EB 2/HOLMES, CLEVELAND On Monday, January 14th, 2013, I investigated a non-traffic accident in rural Cleveland, Missouri.

Incident Log. 01/14/13 06:57 EB 2/HOLMES, CLEVELAND On Monday, January 14th, 2013, I investigated a non-traffic accident in rural Cleveland, Missouri. 01/14/13 06:57 EB 2/HOLMES, CLEVELAND On Monday, January 14th, 2013, I investigated a non-traffic accident in rural Cleveland, Missouri. 01/14/13 08:51 16200 SCOTT RD, PLEASANT HILL On Monday January 14,